Pump infusion system

A method for operating an infusion pump system, the method comprising:

• attaching a pump to a patient to cause infusion of a drug into the patient's body, the pump further configured to receive therapy feedback data;
• storing a plurality of therapy data representing different therapies, a plurality of drug data representing different drugs, a plurality of protocol data representing different protocols each of which defines a specific drug delivery and/or application to a patient, a plurality of profile data representing different profiles relating to specificities relevant for a therapy, wherein the specificities relevant for the therapy comprise patient attributes, and delivery attributes, a plurality of care type data representing specific aspects of therapies, a plurality of alarm data comprising catheter blockage alarm data;
• identifying the catheter blockage alarm data from the plurality of alarm data when a pump feedback data comprises a predetermined number of occlusion alarm data indicating a predetermined number of temporary interrupts of operation of the pump within a predetermined time period;
• receiving a selection of specific therapy data representing a specific therapy from the plurality of therapy data, specific profile data representing a specific profile from the plurality of profile data, and specific care type data from the plurality of care type data;
• generating a catheter blockage alarm when the pump feedback data comprises a number of occlusion alarms indicating a number of temporary interrupts of operation of the pump, the number of occlusion alarms exceeding a threshold number identified in the catheter blockage alarm data;
• providing an association of the selected specific therapy data, the selected specific profile data and the selected specific care type data and further adapted to determine on a basis of the association specific protocol data representing a specific protocol from the plurality of protocol data and specific therapy feedback data representing a specific therapy feedback from the plurality of therapy feedback data, as well as to store the association along with the specific protocol data and the specific therapy feedback data;
• outputting the specific protocol data along with the specific therapy feedback data;
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• programming the pump in accordance with the specific protocol data and to adjust the programming of the pump in accordance with the therapy feedback data.

An infusion pump system comprising:

• a pump adapted to be attached to a patient, to cause infusion of a drug into the patient's body, and to receive therapy feedback data;
• a processor, communicatively coupled to the pump, and adapted to store a plurality of therapy data representing different therapies, a plurality of drug data representing different drugs, a plurality of protocol data representing different protocols each of which defines a specific drug delivery and/or application to a patient, a plurality of profile data representing different profiles relating to specificities relevant for a therapy, wherein the specificities relevant for the therapy comprise patient attributes, and delivery attributes, a plurality of care type data representing specific aspects of therapies, a plurality of alarm data comprising catheter blockage alarm data wherein the processor is configured to identify the catheter blockage alarm data from the plurality of alarm data when a pump feedback data comprises a predetermined number of occlusion alarm data indicating a predetermined number of temporary interrupts of operation of the pump within a predetermined time period;
• an input unit adapted to receive a selection of specific therapy data representing a specific therapy from the plurality of therapy data, specific profile data representing a specific profile from the plurality of profile data, and specific care type data from the plurality of care type data, the input unit or the processor configured to generate a catheter blockage alarm when the pump feedback data comprises a number of occlusion alarms indicating a number of temporary interrupts of operation of the pump, the number of occlusion alarms exceeding a threshold number identified in the catheter blockage alarm data;
• an association unit configured to provide an association of the selected specific therapy data, the selected specific profile data and the selected specific care type data provided by the input unit and further adapted to determine on a basis of the association specific protocol data representing a specific protocol from the plurality of protocol data and specific therapy feedback data representing a specific therapy feedback from the plurality of therapy feedback data, as well as to store the association along with the specific protocol data and the specific therapy feedback data;
• an output unit adapted to output the specific protocol data along with the specific therapy feedback data, program the pump in accordance with the specific protocol data and adjust the programming of the pump in accordance with the therapy feedback data;
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• a remote server connected to the pump and configured to store the plurality of therapy data, the plurality of drug data, the plurality of protocol data, and the plurality of profile data and comprising at least one of the association unit or the output unit.